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Milky watery milky, also referred to as silky, is a member of the Russulaceae family of the genus Lactarius. In Latin, this mushroom is also called Lactifluus serifluus, Agaricus serifluus, Galorrheus serifluus.
A distinctive feature of the watery-milky lactarius is the perfectly flat and smooth surface of its cap
Where the watery milky milky grows
Milky-watery milky grows in deciduous and mixed forests located in a temperate climatic zone. Forms mycorrhiza with oak and spruce.
Fruit bodies grow singly or in small groups. The yield is low, completely dependent on weather conditions. The fruiting period is from August to September.
What does a silky milky look like?
The young specimen has a small, flat cap with a small papillary tubercle in the center, which changes significantly as it grows, acquiring a goblet shape. In adulthood, it reaches up to 7 cm in diameter, wavy at the edges and with a rather wide funnel in the center. The surface is dry, smooth, brown with a red tint. The edges are less saturated.
Plastic layer of ocher-yellow color. The plates themselves are very thin, of moderate frequency, adherent or weakly descending along the pedicle. Spore powder of yellow color.
The leg is high, reaching up to 7 cm in and about 1 cm in girth, hollow inside. In a young specimen, it has a light brown color, and as it grows, it darkens, becoming brown-red. The surface is matt, smooth, dry.
The pulp is fragile, red-brown at the break with a prominent watery-white juice, which does not change color in air. The smell is slightly fruity, the taste is practically absent.
This is a rather fragile mushroom with practically no nutritional value due to its lack of taste.
Is it possible to eat a watery-milky lacquer
Silky milky belongs to a number of conditionally edible mushrooms, but it does not represent any special culinary value. Fruit bodies can only be eaten in salted form, fresh specimens are not suitable for food.
Due to its low prevalence and almost complete lack of taste, many mushroom pickers ignore this species, preferring higher-quality representatives of the mushroom kingdom.
False doubles
Different types of mushrooms are similar to the watery milky milky. The most common and similar ones are as follows:
- bitter - is a conditionally edible mushroom, distinguished by the presence of a bitter taste and a slightly lowered cap;
- hepatic lactate - inedible species, characterized by yellowing milky juice in the air;
- camphor - conditionally edible mushroom with a distinctive, pronounced odor;
- chestnut-bloody milkman - conditionally edible, has a more reddish cap color.
Collection rules and use
Collected by milkmen during the period of their active fruiting in places far from highways and large enterprises. After harvesting, the mushrooms are imperatively soaked in cool salted water for at least 2 hours, after which they are boiled and salted. They are not eaten raw.
Conclusion
Milky milky is an unremarkable mushroom without a special taste, but with a pleasant, slightly fruity aroma. Mushroom pickers rarely collect this species because of its low gastronomic qualities.
